By Tonde Maruke
Zimbabwe's Ministry of Mines recently made twin policy statements. The headline was the Strategic and Critical Minerals classification, with mandatory state shareholding. The other was a statement that small and...
PPC, the country’s biggest cement producer, has signed an agreement with Sinoma Overseas, one of the world’s largest cement engineering contractors, which could see the two build a new cement plant in Zimbabwe to meet rising demand.
In 2025, an agent of Jayesh Shah, a loan shark and major gold buyer, walked into Zimbabwe carrying US$12 million in cash. He declared it at the airport, and deposited the money into Fidelity Gold Refineries' account...
No sector does a corporate faceplant quite like mining; tales of projects gone awry are legion.
One from Zimbabwe involves BHP’s 10-year odyssey of misspend at the Hartley Complex, which, true to the genre, tells...
By Tonde Maruke
In February, Zimbabwe suspended lithium concentrate exports, pushing miners toward higher-value processing and accusing them of underreporting export values.
Resource nationalism plays well online. Government officials enjoyed...
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, the body mandated by the Constitution to protect human rights, says the government’s proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill 3 will weaken democratic safeguards and must go to a referendum.
Here’s...
A list of demands issued by government to lithium producers reveals its wide-ranging grievances with the sector, from alleged underdeclaration of minerals to low pay.
In February, government suspended exports of lithium concentrates, accusing...
After failing to secure an investor to take over the whole group, RioZim now plans a major asset sale to pay off its US$76.5 million debt.
The miner will dispose of its stake in...
Government’s outstanding export payments to Zimplats jumped 158% over the past year to US$78 million, highlighting how tight control of local currency liquidity is affecting exporters.
Under Zimbabwe’s forex retention rules, exporters keep 70%...
Global money transfer service Western Union and Sasai Fintech, a unit of Cassava Technologies, have launched an international money transfer mobile app targeting South African consumers.
The app is intended to tap into the...
